/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.basics.bean.impl;

import com.genia.toolbox.basics.bean.Predicate;

/**
 * a {@link Predicate} that does the disjunction of existing {@link Predicate}.
 * 
 * @param <TYPE>
 *          the type of the object begin inspected
 */
public class DisjunctionPredicate<TYPE>
    implements Predicate<TYPE>
{

  /**
   * the predicates to do the disjunction for.
   */
  private transient final Predicate<TYPE>[] preficates;



  /**
   * constructor.
   * 
   * @param predicates
   *          the predicates to do the disjunction for
   */
  public DisjunctionPredicate(Predicate<TYPE>... predicates)
  {
    this.preficates = predicates;
  }



  /**
   * evaluate the predicate on the object.
   * 
   * @param object
   *          the object to evaluate
   * @return <code>true</code> if an only if the object satisfies the
   *         predicate
   * @see com.genia.toolbox.basics.bean.Predicate#evaluate(java.lang.Object)
   */
  public boolean evaluate(TYPE object)
  {
    for (Predicate<TYPE> predicate : preficates) {
      if (predicate.evaluate(object)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

}
